My post Cyclo-cross season hangover
I wrote previously about my first season of cyclo-cross racing at the “grand old” age of 50. Having never raced a bike in my life before, it was a shock to my system. Life as a MAMIL has always been relatively genteel and not about suffering or giving it your all. Since the end of […]
2019 UK Cyclo-cross National Championships (Day 1)
January 12th and 13th saw the 2019 UK National Cyclo-cross championships held at Cyclopark in Kent. While the superstars of UK cyclo-cross rode on Sunday, I deliberately chose to attend on the Saturday to watch the Youth and Veterans races. Not least of all as they’re the categories that my son and I have been […]
Beginning to race cyclo-cross at 50
Last year my son discovered cyclo-cross through our local cycling club and he really fell for the sport in a big way. As a result, we spent many weekends through last winter at cyclo-cross races and training sessions. At every race, most of the dads of the kids who raced, also raced. Every time this […]